The Harry Potter Party

glitter and stars for wands

wands before being decorated

edible candy wands

the wizard hat cupcakes

Ben had his friend party a couple of weeks ago. He invited 8 kids. Never do I remember all kids coming that were invited, so this was a first, and having 9 seven year old boys running around was frankly tiring :).

watching Harry Potter

special wizard drinks

Pizza time

The kids were greeted by the first Harry Potter movie The Sorcerer Stone when they arrived. After everyone arrived we had each boy decorate a small notebook labeled as their field journal. After that they had pizza and their fortune told by the color their drinks turned. The boys thought it was quite magical seeing their drinks turn a special color for each of them.

decorated notebooks

Next we broke into two groups. One group when on a search and find of different types of "critters" than can be found in a Harry Potter movie/book.

The second group got a chance to make their own magic wands and decorate them with glitter and stars. After about 10 or so minutes the groups rotated so each got to do both activities.

wand making

trying to blow out a sparkler :)

We couldn't believe how quickly time was flying so we decided Ben should open his presents. So as Ben was opening his gifts his dad (what an awesome man), cleaned up the kitchen so they would have a glitter and glue place to sit and enjoy a cupcake.

wands and cupcakes for all

The party was great and went quickly, didn't have as much time as we thought we would have to do all that was planned, but I think the boys all left happy and with full bellies.

spoiled again :)